Toddler playing with gun kills sleeping father in Missouri
Police say 2-year-old accidentally shot Darrion Noble, 27, in the neck
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 2-year-old boy accidentally killed his father while playing with a gun in St. Louis, Missouri police said Monday.
The toddler shot 27-year-old Darrion Noble in the neck Saturday afternoon, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The shooting happened while the boy was handling the firearm in a bed where his father was sleeping. Noble died at the scene.
It was unclear who the gun belonged to or how the child found it. Police released no other details of the shooting.
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